Canal
6.5#8 in change data capture softwareFree planFree planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Canal | PeerDB |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Canal parses MySQL database incremental logs and provides incremental data subscription and consumption. | PeerDB streams data from Postgres to data warehouses, queues, and storage engines. |
| Support | The project asks users to report bugs and feature requests through GitHub issues. | PeerDB provides documentation and a community Slack for questions, while paid plans include implementation support and certain plans include 24x7 production support with SLAs. |
Canal suits teams that need to consume MySQL changes for mirroring, backup, cache refresh, indexing, or business processing. It is aimed at organizations able to run and manage self-hosted software.
PeerDB suits teams moving data from supported databases into actively maintained destinations, as well as individuals seeking a free deployment option. Teams considering a deprecated destination should note that it is no longer actively maintained.